Personal memory and cultural history combine in Christopher Benfey’s New York Times Notable Book and connections to the Mint’s ceramic collections abound. Characters and times range from Anni and Josef […]

Of the three main characters in Shelby Van Pelt’s novel the most unique is Marcellus, an intelligent and highly observant Pacific octopus residing in a Pacific Northwest aquarium! Despite his […]

“Portrait of a Thief” by Grace D. Li is a thrilling heist novel that blends Ocean's Eleven with The Farewell. Inspired by the true story of Chinese art disappearing from […]

“Portrait of a Thief” by Grace D. Li is a thrilling heist novel that blends Ocean's Eleven with The Farewell. Inspired by the true story of Chinese art disappearing from […]

The Trackers is Charles Frazier’s first book set outside the American South. However, the story takes place in 1937, a year shared with many of the artworks in our Southern/Modern […]

Barbara Kingsolver’s Harrison Shepherd takes an epic journey from the Mexico of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. Following a […]

Of the three main characters in Shelby Van Pelt’s novel the most unique is Marcellus, an intelligent and highly observant Pacific octopus residing in a Pacific Northwest aquarium! Despite his […]

Sue Monk Kidd’s pre-Civil War story presents two extraordinary women: one an urban enslaved descendant of Fon people of western Africa; the other a planter-class Charlestonian who evolves into a […]

Isabel Wilkerson’s book follows three individuals, representative of the six million Black Southerners who participated in the Great Migration to northern or western destinations. The Wall Street Journal’s review of […]

Personal memory and cultural history combine in Christopher Benfey’s New York Times Notable Book and connections to the Mint’s ceramic collections abound. Characters and times range from Anni and Josef […]